Please see below for three new job opportunties with APG since my last posting in September. As if you needed another reason to consider APG as your new employer…in Jan 2011, we will be adding a 401(k) match to our benefits package! Submit your resume for consideration to employment@apg.com

As the recruiter for APG, I spend the majority of my time weeding through resumes and trying to find “the Rockstar” for the job opening at hand. Consequently, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to resume quality. To assist our blog readers who are considering applying for one of our job opportunities, I’ve put together a list of my top three recommendations for improving your resume.

1) Explain your experience: “If it’s not on your resume, it doesn’t exist.” Don’t assume that a company knows everything you’ve done at previous jobs. The best way for them to know about your work history is to spell it out for them on your resume. Highlight what you do best.

2) Keep in simple: The average time a hiring manager or recruiter looks at a resume is 15 seconds. Make sure you are able to grab their attention within those first crucial 15 seconds. Emphasize with relevant examples, and customize your resume to the specific job.

3) Search Optimization: Since most resumes are pre screened through a database, focus on including pertinent words or phrases that you want to have noticed related to what you can do. Pick no more than 10 keywords or phrases and make them bulleted and relevant to the job you are looking for.

We’ve got three new job opportunities, since my last posting in August. If you know someone who may be interested, please have them send their resume to recruiting@apg.com

Time and Labor Implementation Specialist

Location: Crystal City, VA

Available: Immediate

Length of Contract: 2+ years

Clearance Requirement: Current SECRET or eligible for SECRET Clearance

Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full Time Employment

Position Requirements:

Experience with Oracle AIM documentation (BR.100), development of functional and (MD.050), development of testing documents (TE.020, TE.040, TE.120, etc)

Experience in the development and execution of SQL-based scripts to support functional and technical trouble shooting, independently developing basic reports and queries

Experience with designing, developing, and implementing experience with aligning legacy jobs and responsibilities to custom Oracle Responsibilities to defined Roles

Experience in deploying reports using Oracle OBIEE and Noetix

Experience configuring and enhancing Oracle Time & Labor functionality to support various DoD required Time Entry Rules, Time Entry validations through control of Tour of Duty functionality, time approvals and other time-entry based workflows

Experience in configuring and designing solutions for labor cost capture and accruals and labor cost reporting

Experience delivering Oracle Time and Labor training

Expertise and implementation experience in three or more of the following: Oracle 11i Budget to Report, Cost Accounting, Order to Fulfill, Procure to Pay, Time and Labor modules, and Acquire to Retire

Expertise in assisting customers to transition from legacy processes to Oracle 11i based solutions

Experience/Understanding of DoD related and required Compliance Issues that are necessary in ERP implementations

Functional knowledge of Oracle 11i modules included in DAI business functions of Budget to Report, Cost Accounting, Order to Fulfill, Procure to Pay, Acquire to Retire, and Time and Labor

Strong customer relationship management skills as this position is working directly with the Agency customer

Substantive experience with the Oracle Time and Labor module, to include interfacing with other HR and Payroll systems

Knowledge of the implications of processing orders associated with both Working Capital and General Funds and the associated accounting differences

Experience providing Order to Fulfill training and post implementation support

Oracle Application Developers—HRMS

Location: Remote with limited travel to Washington D.C.

Available: Immediate

Length of Contract: 2+ years

Clearance Requirement: Current SECRET or eligible for SECRET Clearance

Ability to work closely with the Development/Maintenance Team lead and other teams (e.g., Functional, client and partners) in the development of new functionalities (extensions) on top of Oracle HRMS and Financial applications.

APG is constantly looking for talented individuals who are looking for an advancement in their career. See below for current openings, as of August 18th, 2010. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer offering competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.

Please pass this posting to anyone you know who may be interested. Qualified resumes may be emailed to recruiting@apg.com.

Oracle Federal Financial (OFF) Functional Consultant

Location: Chantilly, VA

Available: mid to late September 2010

Length of Contract: 8+ years

Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full-time employee

Position Requirements:

Experience in the following OFF applications:

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

General Ledger

Purchasing

Project Accounting

Inventory

Assets

Cash Management

Budgeting

Ability to develop a rapport with client management and maintain strong working relationships

Be a reliable subject-matter expert on the Oracle applications assigned

Have an instrumental role in developing a project scope and project plans

Actively participate in all phases of the system development life cycle, to include:

AIM or other software development documentation and processes

Gathering software requirements and interviewing users

Documenting system requirements

Developing solution designs and prototypes

Conducting and coordinating user testing

Deployment planning and support

Post production support

Ability to assist clients in mapping and streamlining/reengineering business practices to implement various Oracle modules

Must have OFF and Federal Implementation and Configuration experience

OBIEE Reports Developer with Noetix:

Location: Crystal City, VA

Available: Immediate

Clearance Requirement: Current SECRET or eligible for SECRET Clearance

Length of Contract: 2+ years

Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full-time

Position Requirements:

Experience developing reports using OBIEE and Noetix

8-10 years experience of Oracle applications reports design, development and implementation required

Minimum of 2 years experience with Oracle Federal Financials

Must have complete understanding of at least three of the following modules:

General Ledger

Accounts Payables

Purchasing

Accounts Receivables

Project Accounting

Projects Contract

Fixed Assets

FedAdmin

iProcurement

Development skills should encompass the following:

Oracle Reports

Oracle Forms

Oracle application framework

Custom.PLL, PL/SQL, SQL, Unix/Linux, PVCS (or any other version control tool)